EPA TRI Facility · Plastics and Rubber
Nitto Automotive Inc
Kansas City, MO · Parent: Nitto Denko America
- Total releases
- 4.6K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Latest report
- 2020
- Primary pathway
- Off-site Transfers
OFFSITE Form-R mix
Nitto Automotive Inc: how the 4.6K lbs splits
4.6K lbs across all reported pathways
- Off-site Transfers 4.6K lbs 100.0%
Nitto Automotive Inc's 4.6K lbs Form-R total is OFFSITE - off-site transfers is 100.0% of the bar. Off-site transfers stay separate from air, water, and land releases. Leading chemical by pounds: Zinc compounds.
LIGHT volume OFFSITE pathway CLEAN
Nitto Automotive Inc is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Kansas City, MO, in the plastics and rubber sector. It reported 2.6K lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2020, and 4.6K lbs in total across its 2019-2020 reporting years. That ranks 11,354 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Missouri's 491 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. Nitto Automotive Inc is pounds #285 and chemical-count #311 at 4.6K lbs. Buick Mine/mill leads reported pounds (48.2M lbs) at 8 chemicals (chemical-count #66). Buzzi Unicem Usa-Cape Girardeau leads chemical count at 87 chemicals (904.5K lbs, pounds #44). Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: 85TH St Miller Materials; Kansas City Readymix LLC DBA Talon Concrete - 85TH; Livers Bronze; Fordyce Concrete Co Inc 63RD St Facility. Similar-scale Plastics and Rubber peers outside Missouri: US Composite Pipe South; Hexpol - Huntingdon; Spartech Llc.; Siliconature Corp. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Zinc compounds; Antimony compounds.
Nitto Automotive Inc stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant OFFSITE pathway (100.0% off-site transfers) across 2 chemicals. Cumulative Form-R extract: 4.6K lbs (2019–2020). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include US Composite Pipe South and Hexpol - Huntingdon.
Nitto Automotive Inc vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
4.6K lbs Top 44% higher than 56% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
Nitto Automotive Inc: Zinc compounds-led volume
Among the 1,504 Plastics and Rubber facilities in this database, Nitto Automotive Inc reports the 901st-largest volume (4.6K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Zinc compounds alone is 100% of the total. Scale peers outside Missouri include US Composite Pipe South and Hexpol - Huntingdon.
Concentrated means ≥60% of Nitto Automotive Inc's pounds in one chemical - here Zinc compounds at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Nitto Automotive Inc Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How Nitto Automotive Inc releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 4.6K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2020, total releases increased by 28% (2.0K lbs to 2.6K lbs).
Nitto Automotive Inc: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · OFFSITE pathway · TRI years 2019–2020
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
What this shows Nitto Automotive Inc year-over-year reported totals (increased by 28% from 2019 to 2020). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Zinc compounds.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2.0K lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 2.6K lbs | 2 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2020). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Zinc compounds | 4.6K lbs | - |
| Antimony compounds | 0 lbs | - |
Nitto Automotive Inc · OFFSITE-pathway site
Nearest TRI Facilities to Nitto Automotive Inc
Closest other reporters in Missouri - including 85TH St Miller Materials, Kansas City Readymix LLC DBA Talon Concrete - 85TH, Livers Bronze, ordered by distance.
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest Nitto Automotive Inc on cumulative reported pounds (4.6K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include US Composite Pipe South, Greif Packaging LLC, Chicago Extruded Metals Co. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
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About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Zinc compounds, Antimony compounds; nearby reporters include 85TH St Miller Materials. Nitto Automotive Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This Nitto Automotive Inc TRI extract (LIGHT · OFFSITE · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
Nitto Automotive Inc totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Kansas City, MO, latest year 2020. Form-R rows span 2019–2020 (2 years). NAICS 326291 · Plastics and Rubber. 0.1% of Jackson TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: US Composite Pipe South (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
Nitto Automotive Inc stamps LIGHT volume · OFFSITE pathway · CLEAN · lead Zinc compounds. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov